Varanasi panchang, 22 February 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 01:45 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:28 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 07:13 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:03
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:40 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:40 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
17:54 to 06:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:19
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 17:40 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 11:55
- Karana Gara until 13:19, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:55 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:19 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:40 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 17:40 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:28 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:13 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:55 – 13:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:03
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:47 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:25
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:28 – 13:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:28 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:45 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:03 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:27 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:00 NowSun
- 16:57 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:57 NowMoon
- 20:00 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:01 Capricorn
- 06:01 – 07:32 Aquarius
- 07:32 – 09:00 Pisces
- 09:00 – 10:38 Aries
- 10:38 – 12:35 Taurus
- 12:35 – 14:49 Gemini
- 14:49 – 17:07 Cancer
- 17:07 – 19:21 Leo
- 19:21 – 21:34 Virgo
- 21:34 – 23:50 Libra
- 23:50 – 02:07 next day Scorpio
- 02:07 – 04:12 next day Sagittarius
- 04:12 – 05:57 next day Capricorn
- 05:57 – 06:27 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method